../.. Jalbum 8.6 <div class="fotopedia_widget_dark_unframed" id="fotopedia_widget" style="width: 600px"><script src="http://widgets.fotopedia.com/en/Wimshurst_machine/widget/width/600/skin/dark_unframed" type="text/javascript"> </script><p><a href="http://www.fotopedia.com/en/Wimshurst_machine">Wimshurst machine</a> on <a href="http://www.fotopedia.com">Fotopedia</a></p></div> <blockquote> The Wimshurst machine is an electrostatic device for generating high voltages developed between 1880 and 1883 by British inventor James Wimshurst (1832 – 1903). It has a distinctive appearance with two large contra-rotating discs mounted in a vertical plane, two cross bars with metallic brushes, and a spark gap formed by two metal spheres. This article is licensed under the GFDL. It uses material from Wikipedia content. </blockquote>